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COSTA MESA

Vacant sanitary seat: The Costa Mesa Sanitary District is accepting applications to fill the seat vacated by former director Jim Fitzpatrick. He resigned last month after other board members voted to sue him for holding a seat on the Planning Commission simultaneously. Applications are due Feb. 15 at 3 p.m. For information, visit the district website at
cmsdca.gov or contact Noelani Middenway at nmiddenway@cmsdca.gov or 949-645-8400.

Mike Reicher

714-796-2254 mreicher@ocregister.com

FOUNTAIN VALLEY

Love your Heart: Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center, at 9920 Talbert Ave., will offer heart screenings for you and your sweetheart from 4 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Dubbed the “Sweetheart Screening” because of Valentine's Day, the tests will include blood pressure, cholesterol and body fat composition. You will also be able to enter your sweetheart in a drawing for a “heart-healthy gift basket.” By appointment only. Visit
memorialcare.org or call 800-636-6742.

Chris Haire

714-796-2243 chaire@ocregister.com

HUNTINGTON BEACH:

Protecting women: The Police Department was awarded a $276,161 grant from the state for its Violence Against Women Program. Part of the grant required the Police Department to match 25 percent, about $69,000, which was budgeted in the department this year. The department has had this program in place since 1998 as a collaboration with Westminster-based Interval House. The program is to help families and stop the cycle of violence. Interval House offers shelter for domestic violence victims and their children. The grant also helps pay for about 1,500 hours to investigate domestic violence incidents.

Jaimee Lynn Fletcher

714-796-7953 jfletcher@ocregister.com

IRVINE

Love in Irvine: The Register is looking for stories about longtime sweethearts who met or live in Irvine to publish in the Valentine's Day edition of the Irvine World News community publication. Tell us your love story, and we might just tell the world about it. Send a quick summary of your story to tmartinez@ocregister.com.

Thomas Martinez

714-795-7955 tmartinez@ocregister.com

LOS ALAMITOS

Preschool classes: The Los Alamitos Recreation and Community Services Department is offering a class to promote creativity and fun for toddlers and young children. Art Playground for Preschoolers includes various arts and crafts stations for children ages 1 1/2 to 5. Classes are at 10:15 a.m. on Fridays and will run from Jan. 25 through March 1. The cost is $62 a child plus a $15 materials fee that should be paid to the instructor. To sign up, visit
cityoflosalamitos.org or call 562-430-1073.

Jaimee Lynn Fletcher

714-796-7953 jfletcher@ocregister.com

NEWPORT BEACH

Signal improvements: The city will begin work on Monday to rehabilitate and improve the traffic signal at the intersection of Coast Highway and Marguerite Avenue. The project will include replacing traffic signal control equipment and changes to the median. Construction will continue into April. The city is issuing an alert to commuters that construction activity could involve traffic signal outages as well as sidewalk and lane closures.

Deepa Bharath

714-796-7909 dbharath@ocregister.com

ORANGE

Health lecture: Residents are invited to a free education heart lecture at St. Joseph Hospital called “When Minutes Count: Understanding Cardiac Arrest.” The event is from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at 1000 W. La Veta Ave. Light refreshments will be served. For information: 714-633-3627.

Fermin Leal

714-704-3773 fleal@ocregister.com

SANTA ANA

Interim appointment: Officials said at Monday's City Council meeting that they anticipated next week announcing the name of an interim city manager, as well as details of the former city manager's departure agreement. The announcements came after a two-hour closed meeting in which council members interviewed candidates for the interim slot. The meeting was the first since Thursday, when city officials announced the resignation of Paul M. Walters as city manager, effective Feb. 1. Read more at
ocregister.com/santaana.

Ron Gonzales

714-796-6999 rgonzales@ocregister.com

SEAL BEACH

Choir: The Los Alamitos High School choir program will present its spring show, “Once Upon a Time” on Feb. 21 and 22 at 7 p.m. and on Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center, 3591 Cerritos Ave. in Los Alamitos. Tickets range from $10 to $25. For tickets and information:
losalamitos choir.com and tickets @losalamitoschoir.com.

Roxana Kopetman

714-796-7829 rkopetman@ocregister.com

TUSTIN

Benefit concert: Empower International Ministries is holding a Valentine's Day benefit concert featuring the Scott Bartchy Quartet. “Jazz and Romance” will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 15 in the Fellowship Hall at Trinity United Presbyterian Church, 13922 Prospect Ave. in Santa Ana. Donations benefit Empower International, a ministry working in Africa, India and Haiti to raise the respect and freedom accorded women in family, church and society, and to free men from norms of masculinity that lead to violence and despair, the group states. Information:
EmpowerInternational.org.

Elysse James

ejames@ocregister.com

VILLA PARK

Vacation check: Whether you are leaving town for a few days or a few weeks, wouldn't you feel better if someone was checking your home for you? The Sheriff's Department provides the service free, which involves a physical check of residences to ensure no windows or doors have been opened or tampered with while residents are away or on vacation. For information, call 714-647-7000. To schedule a vacation check, email your address to vacationcheck@villapark.org.

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